Reborn Song Qingshu: Besieging Bright Peak at the Start

The Black Jade Bone-Mending Ointment, mixed with peach shell powder, was indeed surprisingly potent.

In addition, Song Qingshu used his finger strength to unblock the meridians of the two every day. In just over a month, Yu Daiyan was able to move his limbs, and Yin Liting recovered even faster. With Yang Buhui's support, he could walk slowly with crutches.

The two of them only need to rest now.

Over the past month, those sent out by Wudang and Mingjiao to gather information have gradually returned.

Zhao Min had long been prepared to be tracked down the mountain. After descending the mountain that day, she broke up her team into smaller groups to hide their tracks. As expected, the Five Elements Flags failed to track them down.

Fortunately, the Ming Cult had a large number of members, with followers spread all over the place.

It's impossible for the six major sects' masters to disappear without a sound or a trace.

One of their branch altars, surnamed Zhu, provided a clue, saying that in order to evade capture by the authorities, they disguised themselves as coachmen and planned to travel to Shandong.

Halfway there, a group of men suddenly caught up with them, brandishing guns and sticks, and demanded to requisition their convoy.

They were forced to drive to a remote place where, in addition to their convoy, more than a dozen other large trucks were waiting.

Moreover, a large group of monks were sitting on the ground next to the car, and all of them looked listless.

When their convoy arrived, the group of thugs made the monks get into their vehicles and escorted them northward.

They eavesdropped along the way and learned that these monks were actually from the Shaolin Temple on Mount Song.

  

Aside from learning that these monks were from Shaolin Temple, they overheard bits and pieces of what the other monks were saying: "Our master is incredibly resourceful. Taking down Shaolin was a piece of cake. The Demonic Sect and the entire martial arts world are being manipulated by our master."

They had originally planned to slip away halfway, but upon hearing information about their religion, they decided to investigate thoroughly and see what these people were up to.

They pretended to be clueless and traveled for a while until they encountered six large carts, also escorted by people, but the people sitting in the carts were a group of Taoist priests.

During their meal, they heard a Shaolin monk and one of the Taoist priests greet each other, "Hero Song, you've arrived too!"

The two groups of people were then escorted to Dadu, which was more than ten miles apart.

After entering the city, they were led to a large temple in the western part of the city.

The man surnamed Zhu was quite bold. According to him, when he entered the temple, he looked up at the temple's plaque and saw that it was called "Wan'an Temple." He was whipped as soon as he looked up.

The man surnamed Zhu is not only bold, but also clever.

He was certain that the gang of thugs would kill him to silence him, so he secretly discussed with his men and slipped away under the cover of darkness. As for how they escaped, it must have been extremely dangerous.

When Song Qingshu heard this news, his eyes narrowed slightly. Could this Zhu be the one he knew?

If it is him, then it is not surprising. When it comes to the protagonist of this era, who can compare to him?

Besides bringing back information about the location where the six sects' masters were imprisoned, there were also some developments in the martial arts world.

The entire martial arts world is now in an uproar, with rumors flying everywhere.

Everyone says that the Demonic Cult is powerful. In the battle of Bright Peak, they devised a treacherous plan to annihilate all the experts from the six major sects who had traveled to the Western Regions. Now they are sending troops out in all directions to attack and destroy each sect's mountain gate one by one.

The sudden disappearance of the Shaolin monks caused an unprecedented sensation in the martial arts world.

They simply couldn't believe that the Shaolin Temple had been wiped out.

All sects, gangs, escort agencies, shipping companies, docks, and so on were in a state of constant fear, lest the Ming Cult launch a large-scale attack.

At this moment, the faces of all the Ming Cult heroes in the council hall were grim.

"Bullshit! Absolutely bullshit!"

Zhou Dian was the first to lose his temper. He slammed his hand on the table, stood up abruptly, and his face was full of anger.

"What a shameless framing tactic! They're the ones who arrested people, but they're trying to pin the blame on us!"

"I'll take my brothers and spread the word everywhere, revealing the truth, and see who in the underworld believes their lies!"

"Brother Zhou, please calm down."

Yang Xiao stood up with his hands behind his back, his brows furrowed and his expression solemn.

Rumors spread easily, but the truth is hard to discern.

At this point, if we try to argue without any real evidence, we'll only end up making things worse by trying to cover up the truth.

Zhang Wuji, his face solemn, stood up, his gaze sweeping over everyone in the hall, and said in a deep voice:

"Now that you all know where the masters of the six sects are being held, we still need to send someone to rescue them in order to clear our sect's name."

Everyone in the hall nodded in agreement.

Zhou Dian shouted, "The leader is right! What are we waiting for? Just give the order, leader, and we'll muster our forces, storm Dadu, raze Wan'an Temple, and rescue everyone!"

"Do not be reckless."

Yang Xiao shook his head, his tone calm.

How heavily guarded was Dadu?

If we go there in a grand manner, I'm afraid we'll be surrounded before we even reach Wan'an Temple.

Since Miss Zhao dared to imprison people in Wan'an Temple, she must have already laid a trap, just waiting for us to walk right into it.

This matter requires careful consideration; we cannot rely on brute force.

The crowd was in an uproar, with some saying they should send more people and others saying they should contact their fellow martial arts practitioners. It was difficult to reach a decision for the time being.

At that moment, Song Qingshu stepped forward, bowed to the assembled heroes, and said:

"Gentlemen, I, Song, have a few humble opinions. May I ask you to speak?"

Zhang Wuji quickly replied, "Senior brother, please speak freely."

Song Qingshu spoke calmly and clearly:

"In my opinion, the masters of the six major sects are all top figures in the martial arts world. Even if they were ambushed, they would not be so easily captured as to not even have anyone escape to report the news."

According to the messenger who brought back the intelligence, the Shaolin monks who were being escorted were all listless and dispirited. I think they must have been poisoned by some kind of strange poison, causing them to lose all their internal energy, which is why they were all captured.

Upon hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.

"Since the person has been poisoned, the first priority in saving them is to obtain the antidote."

Song Qingshu continued:

"If we can't get the antidote, even if we can break through Wan'an Temple and rescue everyone, they will have lost all their internal energy and will not be able to break out of the city. Instead, they will be trapped in the city, unable to advance or retreat."

Zhou Dian, impatient, urged, "Young Master Song, stop keeping me in suspense and tell me your brilliant plan quickly."

Knowing Zhou Dian's temper, Song Qingshu was not angry and continued, "We can first arrange for a few people to sneak into the city, find out the situation and the enemy's strength, and try to obtain the antidote for the six sects' experts to take."

Meanwhile, they will deploy reinforcements outside the city so that once the six sects' experts recover their inner strength, they can coordinate an attack from within and without, achieving their goal in one fell swoop!

Everyone's eyes lit up, and they all praised the plan as brilliant!

Everyone was clamoring to go into the city and clear a path, and seeing that the situation was at a stalemate again, Zhang Wuji stood up and made the decision:

"The number of people entering the city should not be too large, otherwise it will be easy to be exposed. How about this, I, Left Envoy Yang, and Bat King Wei will enter the city, while Grandfather and the other scattered people will lead the Five Elements Banner to meet us outside the city."

Zhang Wuji gave the final approval, and the manpower for the Ming Cult was settled.

Song Qingshu said that since the goal was to save people, Wudang should contribute. He would accompany Zhang Wuji and the other two into the city and arrange for reinforcements.

Zhang Sanfeng sat in the main seat, his white eyebrows twitching slightly, and slowly spoke:

"I may also write several letters and have my disciples send them to the other sects to inform them of the location of Wan'an Temple where the prisoners are being held, and to invite each sect to send their remaining personnel to meet and assist them outside the capital city."

"I, a humble Taoist priest, pledge my century-old reputation to assure you that the Ming Cult's rescue of these people was entirely for the purpose of resolving conflicts within the martial arts world, and we have absolutely no malicious intent whatsoever."

The heroes of the Ming Cult were overjoyed upon hearing this.

With a real person as witness, all factions will surely be convinced, thus avoiding a thankless task later.

After discussing the details of the operation, and with everything agreed upon, Song Qingshu, Zhang Wuji, and the other three set off without further hesitation.

The rest of the people gathered outside the capital city in batches.